Example sentences of "[pers pn] wanted [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was banned , however , not because I am a convicted criminal , I think — like the unfortunate Simon Hayward — but because I wanted to wear a false nose out of consideration for the feeling of my associate , Mark Chapman , who , as I explained last week , has just had an inch and a half lopped off his . |
| 2 | I had a similar problem when I wanted to rout a decorative edge around small components . |
| 3 | Like every adolescent I wanted to lead a short and dramatic life . |
| 4 | Erm I wanted to do a personal budget , so I went along to my bank and I said I want to close all the erm automatic payments that you make on my behalf . |
| 5 | I wanted to do a French record that would sell in France . |
| 6 | I wanted to create a spacial sense of having a shadow ; the shadow reinforces the movement . |
| 7 | ‘ As I expect you are aware , Mr Leland , my room in your Private Wing is booked from this evening , but as I wanted to attend a regimental dinner tonight , with Mr Remington-Hart 's consent I 'm not moving in until tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | Eventually I went along to the British Association of Psychotherapists , where I was assessed and asked if I wanted to see a male or a female therapist . |
| 9 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 10 | ‘ I wanted to write a thoughtful song about recent events , and it was important that I just did n't leap right in with an immediate gut reaction . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Where was I when you asked me if I wanted to marry a devious man like you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I wanted to keep a Victorian flavour but I did n't want all the dark , heavy aspects of a Victorian house . |
| 13 | I stopped at a pub I used rarely near the BBC and had a ploughman 's and a couple of orange juices , no alcohol , partly because I wanted to keep a clear head and partly to fit in with the cab-driver persona . |
| 14 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |
| 15 | I wanted to make a raised bed to grown acid-loving plants in my limey soil . |
| 16 | Such an argument I do not commend to anybody else , but man is guided by more than reason alone , and in this great conflict , I wanted to play a clear and definite part . |
| 17 | I wanted to convey a similar feeling for our progress toward a complete understanding of the laws that govern the universe . |
| 18 | Mansell , due to race for the Newman-Haas Indy Car team in America next season , said : ‘ I ran across the track to get away because I wanted to avoid a big fight . |
| 19 | ‘ When I wanted to produce a special jumper to commemorate my 50th Test try , with the emblems of all the countries I 'd scored against , I was told I 'd have to pay royalties for using them . |
| 20 | Just about the last thing she wanted to see a noisy film all about Rock ‘ n Roll . |
| 21 | It was a little bit awkward , because she wanted to spend a long weekend there in July , and I had to sort out the dates with Alex to make sure they did n't clash . |
| 22 | She wanted to keep a clear head . |
| 23 | She wanted to make a finished that bit that I 'm on . |
| 24 | She wanted to buy a large water melon . |
| 25 | Oh yes , do the blue sky then I do purple , what I thought you wanted to do a blue sky ? |
| 26 | You wanted to see a ruined castle , did n't you ? ’ |
| 27 | If you decided that you 're really only interested in long priced horses because you wanted win a large sum of money , so you only started looking at horses that were offered at fifty to one or longer odds than that , then if you look at the statistics then you 'll find that the rate of return on such bets is even lower than the rate of return that we 've quoted on football pools , but on the other hand if you look at horses which are offered , say , at odds-on or at very low odds , evens , two to one and things like that , then the rate of return is pretty close to a hundred per cent of your money . |
| 28 | For example , if you wanted to format a floppy disk in drive A to 720Kb type in : |
| 29 | ‘ If you were Free People and you wanted to strike a shocking , symbolic blow at the family — something that everyone in the country would feel — which family would you bomb ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ No one would blame you if you wanted to keep a low profile . ’ |